Joshua Beltz (born 24 April 1995) is an Australian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player who plays as a defender for the Australia national team and the

Tassie Tigers Tassie Tigers is an Australia, Australian field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, ...

Personal life

Beltz grew up in

Hobart, Tasmania Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/ Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

. Joshua Beltz also has a younger brother, Hayden, who represents Australia's Under 21 side, the 'Burras'.

Career

Junior

Beltz was first named in the 'Burras' squad in 2016. That year he played in the 2016 Junior Oceania Cup, a qualifier for the Junior World Cup. After gaining qualification for the Junior World Cup, Beltz was also an inclusion in that team, where Australia lost 3–0 to Germany in the Bronze Medal Match to finish fourth overall.

Senior

Beltz made his international debut for the

Kookaburras Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus ''Dacelo'' native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between in length and weigh around . The name is a loanword from Wiradjuri ''guuguubarra'', onomatopoeic of its call. The ...

in 2015, in a test match against

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. Since his debut, Beltz has been a regular inclusion in the Kookaburras squad, most notably winning a gold medal at the 2016 Champions Trophy. In November 2018, Beltz was named in the Kookaburras squad for the 2019 calendar year. Beltz was selected in the

Olympics squad for the

Tokyo 2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beltz, Joshue 1995 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Sportsmen from Tasmania Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Olympic medalists in field hockey 21st-century Australian people Sportspeople from Hobart 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games